I have spent years listening to Taurus sob stories AND"I love them" comments. Trust me, the sob stories far outnumber the fan boys by a magnitude.

The members come here for information. It's my job to make sure that this knowledge transfer reflects the FTF established knowledge base.

IN MY OPINION, Taurus is just short of junk. When they drop to junk level, they will go out of business. The only Taurus selling point I ever hear about is their price. I think this reinforces the old saying, "You get what you pay for!"

You Taurus supporters must be exhausted. I think a more efficient use of that energy would be better spent calling/writing/emailing them to clean up their reputation.

I will never own/recommend a Taurus. There are far better firearm options available to our members. I refuse to participate in a purchase lottery that may result in a failure at the moment of zero defect tolerance. (read: A PD action)

I'd say you aren't listening very closely. So far on this thread the positives out weigh the negatives. The only negatives have come from people who don't own one.

Hey if you're happy about spending three times the money on a gun that doesn't work out of the box and is picky about magazines and bullet shapes go for it. I'm not trying to compensate for a small penis so I don't need to spend the big bucks for a pretty gun.

Hey if you're happy about spending three times the money on a gun that doesn't work out of the box and is picky about magazines and bullet shapes go for it. I'm not trying to compensate for a small penis so I don't need to spend the big bucks for a pretty gun.

Hey if you're happy about spending three times the money on a gun that doesn't work out of the box and is picky about magazines and bullet shapes go for it. I'm not trying to compensate for a small penis so I don't need to spend the big bucks for a pretty gun.

So you gave up attempting to compensate, congrats. Glad you're learning to live with it.

Taurus may be any number of things, but "Bargain" ain't one of them ($600+.) I believe I was quite clear before before you made this about your junk There are plenty of other better choices in the price range or slightly more. Why spend 600+ for a Brazilian problem child when Ruger & Remington are only a bit more. That's assuming that you're too good to shoot one of the ARMSCOR pistols for $400 to $500.

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for what a Taurus 1911 costs, the Armscors RIA and the MetroArms American Classic pistols are much better in quality and function. given the price of the Taurus, yes there are much better choices to be made. sad part to me is that Taurus could make a top notch 1911 if they wanted to. the biggest problem i see is quality control. i can remember when Taurus made a quality pistol that didn't cost and arm and a leg and were really a good bargain. if they would step up their QC and make sure that only quality made firearms were being made available to consumers, at an attractive price, they would get a larger share of the market.

So you gave up attempting to compensate, congrats. Glad you're learning to live with it.

Taurus may be any number of things, but "Bargain" ain't one of them ($600+.) I believe I was quite clear before before you made this about your junk There are plenty of other better choices in the price range or slightly more. Why spend 600+ for a Brazilian problem child when Ruger & Remington are only a bit more. That's assuming that you're too good to shoot one of the ARMSCOR pistols for $400 to $500.

Almost sounds like your raciest or something maybe thats the whole crux of the hating, by the way whats so bad about Brazil ? the way I understand it Taurus is the third largest gun manufacturer in the world and a leader in MIM technology and by looking at their catalog they have the largest assortment of firearms then any other manufacturer that I know of, you can sit hear and say that they're junk all you want, but just because you say so doesn't make it so, they produce a pistol that just works, and in the PT1911 case, a 1911 that is feature laden, made of quality steel and at a price that can't be beat by your favorit 1911 manufacturer, coupled with a stellar customer service that will send out replacement part after your 1911 has a large round count, with no questions asked, owning a PT1911 is owning a functional gun forever, as far as the bad outweighing the good, I don't know were some of you are getting your information, but you got your information backward, of all the 1911 the least 1911 with problems is the PT1911, just go to a Kimber, Colt or STI forum and you will truly see some 1911 issues, any production 1911 will have its quirks but the PT1911 sure is the least of them, just visit a Taurus forum and you'll see, wait thats like telling the devil to go to the Arctic, or telling a raciest to go to Brazil, roger will call over and out.

Almost sounds like your raciest or something maybe thats the whole crux of the hating, by the way whats so bad about Brazil ? the way I understand it Taurus is the third largest gun manufacturer in the world and a leader in MIM technology and by looking at their catalog they have the largest assortment of firearms then any other manufacturer that I know of, you can sit hear and say that they're junk all you want, but just because you say so doesn't make it so, they produce a pistol that just works, and in the PT1911 case, a 1911 that is feature laden, made of quality steel and at a price that can't be beat by your favorit 1911 manufacturer, coupled with a stellar customer service that will send out replacement part after your 1911 has a large round count, with no questions asked, owning a PT1911 is owning a functional gun forever, as far as the bad outweighing the good, I don't know were some of you are getting your information, but you got your information backward, of all the 1911 the least 1911 with problems is the PT1911, just go to a Kimber, Colt or STI forum and you will truly see some 1911 issues, any production 1911 will have its quirks but the PT1911 sure is the least of them, just visit a Taurus forum and you'll see, wait thats like telling the devil to go to the Arctic, or telling a raciest to go to Brazil, roger will call over and out.